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<p class="Hint">A listing of miscellaneous POV-Ray utility sites in alphabetical order.</p>
 
<p class="Hint">A listing of miscellaneous POV-Ray utility sites in alphabetical order.</p>
*[http://george.ph.utexas.edu/~schreck/schreck/cologram/index.html Colograms - Create Stereoscopic Printed Images]
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20070905091717/http://george.ph.utexas.edu/~schreck/schreck/cologram/index.html Colograms - Create Stereoscopic Printed Images]
 
:<p>Create spectacular 3D images widi your bubble jet printer! Written with POV-Ray in mind.</p>
 
:<p>Create spectacular 3D images widi your bubble jet printer! Written with POV-Ray in mind.</p>
  
 
*[http://www.reocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/2419/D-form.html D-form Home Page]
 
*[http://www.reocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/2419/D-form.html D-form Home Page]
 
:<p>Deformation tool for POV-Ray MAC Only</p>
 
:<p>Deformation tool for POV-Ray MAC Only</p>
 
*[ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/ibmpc/dos/apps/graphics/form/ Form]
 
:<p>The FORM program is a FREE program that allows you to create FORMS"" for display on your monitor or for rendering by the POV raytracer. A form is a three dimensional object built up from a simple set of primitives and some simple operations performed on them."</p>
 
  
 
*[http://www.eclectasy.com/Fractal-Explorer/index.html Fractal Explorer]
 
*[http://www.eclectasy.com/Fractal-Explorer/index.html Fractal Explorer]
 
:<p>Fractal Explorer is a freeware program to generate fractal images and animations.</p>
 
:<p>Fractal Explorer is a freeware program to generate fractal images and animations.</p>
  
*[http://mac.povray.org/download/index.html#macspd macSPDsuite]
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*[http://www.reocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/4977/macspd/index.html macSPDsuite]
 
:<p>A collection of Public Domain(!) programs that auto-generate complex raytracer scenes, useful for benchmarking raytracers on different computers, or against other ray tracers. Can output to POV-Ray, RTrace, DXF, QuickDraw3D/3DMF, VRML2, NFF, Wavefront OBJ, Raw, Renderman RIB, etc.</p>
 
:<p>A collection of Public Domain(!) programs that auto-generate complex raytracer scenes, useful for benchmarking raytracers on different computers, or against other ray tracers. Can output to POV-Ray, RTrace, DXF, QuickDraw3D/3DMF, VRML2, NFF, Wavefront OBJ, Raw, Renderman RIB, etc.</p>
  
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:<p>A piece of graphics software by Kurtz-Fernhout Software that enables you to create your own plants. These can be exported in DXF format.</p>
 
:<p>A piece of graphics software by Kurtz-Fernhout Software that enables you to create your own plants. These can be exported in DXF format.</p>
  
*[http://mac.povray.org/download/index.html#povutil POV-Ray Macintosh Utilities]
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080718175307/http://mac.povray.org/download/index.html POV-Ray Macintosh Utilities]
 
:<p>The ancient POV-Utilities 2.1 utility has been made available here, in case you want to make shells, coils, Connect-The-Dots, Lissajous, Swoop, or convert RAW, DXF, or POV-Ray 1.0 files to POV-Ray 2.0 files. Note that there is a bug in the DXF conversion utility, and it tends to drop some triangle facets. This is a direct download only and is for the Macintosh platform.</p>
 
:<p>The ancient POV-Utilities 2.1 utility has been made available here, in case you want to make shells, coils, Connect-The-Dots, Lissajous, Swoop, or convert RAW, DXF, or POV-Ray 1.0 files to POV-Ray 2.0 files. Note that there is a bug in the DXF conversion utility, and it tends to drop some triangle facets. This is a direct download only and is for the Macintosh platform.</p>
  
*[http://139.132.118.116/povstuff.php POV-View]
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*[http://www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/spring08/cos116/lab10_files/povview_extract.exe POV-View]
:<p>A small windows utility that will allow you to view POV-Ray pigments and textures.</p>
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:<p>A small windows utility that will allow you to view POV-Ray pigments and textures. [http://www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/spr08/cos116/labs/COS_116_Lab_10.pdf Some Help]</p>
  
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071101052625/propro.ru/go/Wshop/povtree/download.html POV-Tree] ([http://povray.tashcorp.net/tutorials/qd_povtree/ tutorial])
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*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071101052625/propro.ru/go/Wshop/povtree/download.html POV-Tree]
:<p>Java application for creating trees and plants and importing them into POV-Ray.</p>
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:<p>Java application for creating trees and plants and importing them into POV-Ray. See also this [http://povray.tashcorp.net/tutorials/qd_povtree/ tutorial].</p>
  
*[http://www.reocities.com/emory_stagmer/povherm/ POVHerm]
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*[http://www.reocities.com/emory_stagmer/povherm/ POVHerm][http://web.archive.org/web/20091027042512/http://geocities.com/emory_stagmer/povherm/ Mirror]
 
:<p>Hermite Curve Generator Program for POV-Ray. POVHerm takes a data file and generates a POV include file which gives the points along the curve. By Emory Stagmer</p>
 
:<p>Hermite Curve Generator Program for POV-Ray. POVHerm takes a data file and generates a POV include file which gives the points along the curve. By Emory Stagmer</p>
  
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:<p>Rocktools is a collection of Unix tools for the creation and manipulation of open or closed triangular meshes in 3D space. It is written in ANSI C and only requires libpng and the standard C libraries to compile. There is an early version of the source that was compiled as a DOS comand line utility also available for download.</p>
 
:<p>Rocktools is a collection of Unix tools for the creation and manipulation of open or closed triangular meshes in 3D space. It is written in ANSI C and only requires libpng and the standard C libraries to compile. There is an early version of the source that was compiled as a DOS comand line utility also available for download.</p>
  
*[http://www.lcars.eu.org/r.jennings/suds.htm Suds]
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*[http://www.shaders.org/graphics_factory/suds.htm Suds]
 
:<p>Create Suds or foam using spheres. This tool was used to create the POV-Ray for windows v3.0 splash screen</p>
 
:<p>Create Suds or foam using spheres. This tool was used to create the POV-Ray for windows v3.0 splash screen</p>
  
*[http://freespace.virgin.net/r.jennings/suds.htm Suds Object creation using winbatch]
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*[http://www.shaders.org/graphics_factory/objgen.htm Object creation using winbatch]
 
:<p>Utility by Richard Jennings written in 1998 for POV-Ray 2.0.</p>
 
:<p>Utility by Richard Jennings written in 1998 for POV-Ray 2.0.</p>
  
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:<p>A simple program to convert .TGA images into density files (.df3) for POV-Ray. A Windows binary, plus source files are available.</p>
 
:<p>A simple program to convert .TGA images into density files (.df3) for POV-Ray. A Windows binary, plus source files are available.</p>
  
*[http://www.reocities.com/joncruz/tgamosaic/ TGAMosaic - For RedHat Linux 6.0]
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*[http://webspace.webring.com/people/hu/um_3784/tgamosaic TGAMosaic - For RedHat Linux 6.0]
 
:<p>A utility by Andy Woodfin to take a TGA image and convert it to a set of 3D objects for rendering in POV-Ray. This version of TGAMosaic is the same as the windows version of the program only it has been ported to the Linux platform and is offered from a different web site than the original. All functionality at this time is the same.</p>
 
:<p>A utility by Andy Woodfin to take a TGA image and convert it to a set of 3D objects for rendering in POV-Ray. This version of TGAMosaic is the same as the windows version of the program only it has been ported to the Linux platform and is offered from a different web site than the original. All functionality at this time is the same.</p>
  
*[http://mitglied.lycos.de/madtrick/sor.html The Madtricksystem - Surface Of Revolution]
 
:<p>A modeling tool for PoV-Ray's sor object for Windows</p>
 
 
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Latest revision as of 15:29, 9 January 2011

A listing of miscellaneous POV-Ray utility sites in alphabetical order.

Create spectacular 3D images widi your bubble jet printer! Written with POV-Ray in mind.

Deformation tool for POV-Ray MAC Only

Fractal Explorer is a freeware program to generate fractal images and animations.

A collection of Public Domain(!) programs that auto-generate complex raytracer scenes, useful for benchmarking raytracers on different computers, or against other ray tracers. Can output to POV-Ray, RTrace, DXF, QuickDraw3D/3DMF, VRML2, NFF, Wavefront OBJ, Raw, Renderman RIB, etc.

A piece of graphics software by Kurtz-Fernhout Software that enables you to create your own plants. These can be exported in DXF format.

The ancient POV-Utilities 2.1 utility has been made available here, in case you want to make shells, coils, Connect-The-Dots, Lissajous, Swoop, or convert RAW, DXF, or POV-Ray 1.0 files to POV-Ray 2.0 files. Note that there is a bug in the DXF conversion utility, and it tends to drop some triangle facets. This is a direct download only and is for the Macintosh platform.

A small windows utility that will allow you to view POV-Ray pigments and textures. Some Help

Java application for creating trees and plants and importing them into POV-Ray. See also this tutorial.

Hermite Curve Generator Program for POV-Ray. POVHerm takes a data file and generates a POV include file which gives the points along the curve. By Emory Stagmer

Rocktools is a collection of Unix tools for the creation and manipulation of open or closed triangular meshes in 3D space. It is written in ANSI C and only requires libpng and the standard C libraries to compile. There is an early version of the source that was compiled as a DOS comand line utility also available for download.

Create Suds or foam using spheres. This tool was used to create the POV-Ray for windows v3.0 splash screen

Utility by Richard Jennings written in 1998 for POV-Ray 2.0.

A small GUI utility to create Surface of Revolution objects for POV-Ray.

A simple program to convert .TGA images into density files (.df3) for POV-Ray. A Windows binary, plus source files are available.

A utility by Andy Woodfin to take a TGA image and convert it to a set of 3D objects for rendering in POV-Ray. This version of TGAMosaic is the same as the windows version of the program only it has been ported to the Linux platform and is offered from a different web site than the original. All functionality at this time is the same.

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